Johnson urged to expose agitators amid city riots
The piece notes President Johnson's plea for peace, while urging stronger action against agitators and subversive influence in cities. It cites leader Ron Karenga and alleged support from welfare programs, urging disclosure of connections and closer law enforcement. It frames violence as preventable with tougher application of laws.
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Johnson
Humphrey
Omaha
Chicago
Cleveland
New York City
Ron Karenga
Watts
Simba
Congo
Karenga
Los Angeles County
Communist Front
New Left
Billy Graham
Governors Back 24-Hour Federal Voting Holiday Plan
Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer proposes a national 24-hour federal voting period and a biennial voting holiday to curb bandwagon effects and boost turnout. The National Governors Conference in Los Angeles approved the idea to study nationwide uniform polling times. Some argue results on the coasts influence late voters elsewhere.
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Los Angeles
Grant Sawyer
Nevada
Sawyer
National Governors’ Conference
United States
Texas
U.S. faces possible severance of ties with Soviet Bloc
Editorial outlines that the United States may cut trade and diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and its allies as Moscow and Beijing escalate involvement in Southeast Asia. It cites Soviet and Red Chinese military support, bloc volunteers, and calls for warnings and embargo possible under international law.
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Washington
United States
Viet Nam
UPI
London
Soviet Bloc
North Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Moscow
Southeast Asia
Red China
Congress
South Viet Nam
United Nations
America
Harold Wilson
Great Britain
China
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Rusk
Hanoi
Congress of the United States
Hanoi War Crime Trials Threat Seen in Viet Nam
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that U S pilots captured in North Vietnam face show trials and death sentences framed as war crimes. They say Washington lacks hard reports, while Hanoi seeks propaganda, morale boosts, and possible US retaliation if trials proceed.
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Washington
U.S
White House
Down
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Johnson
International Red Cross
South
Viet Nam
North
United States
We’re Sick Of Gifts Amid Billion-Dollar Spending
Henry J. Taylor rails against President Johnson and Congress, arguing the Great Society has taxed Americans heavily and produced more debt and waste than tangible benefits. The piece asserts government spending outpaces growth, debt limits rise, and workers bear the cost through higher taxes and prices.
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Johnson
Congress
Mr. Johnson
America
New Frontier-Great Society
Washington
LBJ
New Frontier- Great Society
No Jawing On POWs from Andrew Tully
Andrew Tully denounces pacifists and politicians who oppose U S actions in Vietnam and criticize POW treatment while ignoring Hanoi's violation of the Geneva Convention. He argues Hanoi uses prisoners for propaganda as bombers push the war home and condemns the mistreatment of American captives.
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Greenwich Village
Moscow
Hanoi
Lynds
Kosygins Etll
U.S
North Viet Nam
North
Jester pledges UT harmony and higher education funding
Beauford H. Jester told an Austin audience that if elected governor he would end disharmony at the University of Texas and push the legislature to grant lump sum appropriations for state supported higher learning institutions. State Health Officer George W. Cox reported fleas from Brownfield valley rodents carry bubonic plague infection. The Palestine government reported 93 killed or missing after the King David Hotel bombing. U.S. crops of corn and wheat are forecast to be record highs to meet domestic demand and aid world hunger relief.
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Beauford H. Jester
Austin
University of Texas
George W. Cox
Brownfield Territory
West
Texas
Jerusalem
King David Hotel
Washington
United States
Ex President Eisenhower condemns national conventions as disgraceful
Eisenhower calls national nominating conventions disgraceful and warns many politicians should not meet. He notes post bombing jitters among Nervous Nellies after U S air raids on war materiel near Hanoi and Haiphong.
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Eisenhower
U. S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Cities And Roads Face Legislative Tug Between Jurisdictions
A guest editorial from the Big Spring Herald examines the brewing clash over highway funding between cities and the Texas Highway Department. It notes urban areas carry a majority of traffic and gasoline tax revenue while highways aim to avoid revenue erosion, suggesting a quicker trend toward greater city financial participation and possible license fee reforms.
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Texas Highway Department
Austin
Highway Department
Texas Good Roads Association
Texas
Big Spring Herald
Senate panel backs wage amendment sparks business fears
The Senate labor subcommittee approves a Yarborough amendment to advance a 1.60 dollar hourly wage to February 1968, arguing gradual rises protect jobs, while critics warn rapid increases will devastate thousands of small firms and raise unemployment. Red China labels the U S a paper tiger in a separate note.
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Senate Labor Subcommittee
Ralph Yarborough
House
Sen
Yarborough
Senate
Senate Conference Committee
Dallas Morning News
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Robert Novak
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Henry J. Taylor
Pedernales River
Joint Committee On
Great Society
Andrew Tully
Norman Thomas
Trotzky
Yale
Staughton Lynd
Martin Luther King
Lyndon Johnson
Indochinese
Attilas
Wall Street
Saigon Bordellos
Japan
Red
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